Site names Darien High School best in Connecticut

Lidia Ryan

Published 12:05 pm, Monday, October 26, 2015

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The Connecticut Common Core test results are in. Released a full three months after the testing window for the online test closed, the results showed that roughly 267,000 students took the test statewide.

The seven-hour test administered over days or weeks was given to students in grades 3 through 8 and grade 11.

Results were categorized into levels 1-4 for math and English language arts/literature. Level 1 means those students did not meet the achievement level; level 4 means those students exceeded the achievement level; level 3&4 means those students either met or exceeded the achievement level.

Click through to see the percentage of students in each southwestern Connecticut school district who met or exceeded the achievement level and who did not meet the achievement level in both math and English. less

The Connecticut Common Core test results are in. Released a full three months after the testing window for the online test closed, the results showed that roughly 267,000 students took the test statewide.

StartClass used data provided by the National Center for Education Statistics to pick the school with the highest "Smart Rating," which is calculated using the school's average performance on a variety of standardized exams.

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At Darien High School, StartClass found that 100 percent of students are proficient in math and reading compared to about 80 percent state-wide.

Schools are only rated against other high schools in their state — for example, high schools in California are only rated against other high schools in California, not against elementary schools in California or high schools in other states.

Earlier in 2015, U.S. News & World Report released its list of the best high schools in the country. Darien High School came in at number eight in Connecticut on that list.

In August of 2015, the Connecticut state Common Core test results were released. The seven-hour test was given to students in grades 3 through 8 and grade 11.

In Darien, 85.3 percent of students who took the test met or exceeded the achievement level in English and reading and 75.9 percent met or exceeded the achievement level in math.